Our role in promoting foreign trade

As a subsidiary of the promotional bank KfW we are committed to the German and European economy. For around 60 years we have been supporting the export economy in many different ways.

Our medium and long-term financing solutions are tailored to the specific needs of our customers who range from internationally oriented large companies to medium-sized enterprises.

On behalf of the German federal government we implement three export promotion programmes:

• the ERP Export Financing Programme to finance German exports to developing and emerging countries
• the CIRR Ship Financing Programme to support the German shipbuilding industry
• the Africa CIRR Export Financing Programme which supports loans to finance German exports in African buyer countries

Our know-how as an experienced specialist financier

• Due to their market expertise and financing know-how our experts are valued interlocutor for governments, parliaments and international organisations. Read more